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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-07-19
FULL OF FUN.

Cook books are evidently not Of
modern origin, for Bacon says: "Some
books are to be tasted, some eaten, and
some digested."
An lrishman writing to debtor.
says: ii confidently expected before
this to receive from you an agreeable
surprise. ."-Shoe and Leather Reporter.
-Scene-Doctor's house. Little boy
at the front door---'Is the doctor IMP
Cause, If he is, / want to see him at
once" Servant--'lIe's not in" Lit
tie boy-"Well, just as soon as he gets
home, you tell him to come over to our
house and take that baby away he left
last week. It's in the way."-M y
Ledger.
-Kato comes upon Henry, who is
playing upon flute. Kate-"Why,
Henry, you do that quite well; 1 should
think you would take lessons" Hem
ry, who has been taking lessons for the
last ten years. does not feel flattered.
but makes no sign as he replies: II
have thought of it. Chicago Id
vdnce
WELL" slid Razorpen, moro
kindly than was his custom, II can
tell you how you can improve the play
little" "How?' asked Inkwell,
gratefully. "You see you kill the viii
lain in the last actp" rs" "Well,
that is good. Now, make him kill all
the other characters in the first -
Burdette.
One of Many.-Little Dot-"Dick,
your mamma said if you bed good and
stayed in the yard she'd bring you
some candy when she coined home"
Little Dick-'1 know; but she won't.
She always forgets about it." "Well,
she said if you went out she'd give you
spanking. Now, you'd better stay
in" "No; she always forgets that
too. "-OmahG World.
"A Virginia colored girl, who has
not been long in New York. was given
some ice-cream by her mistress few
evenings ago She ate it slowly and
with a relish, but refused to eat any
supper Surprised at her loss of APP
petite, the mistress received the follow
ing explanation: 'Golly. missus,
couldn't put no supper board dat pud-
din. Want de taste to stay dar"
There are three things" said
Broughne to his wife, ''that woman
can't be persuaded to do without"
"She can't ehp" said Mrs. B., in an
incredulous tone. Il guess she can do
without them as well as man can, If
not better. What are theyP" Food.
clothes and life." quietly replied
Broughne; and his wife retortcd: "You
think you're smart don't youP''-
BRAKES TrdUelIers' Magazine.
"A Scotchman was riding donkey
one day across q sheep pasture; but
when the animal came to the sheep |
drain he would not go over. So the
man rode back short distance,
turned, and applied the whip. thinking,
of course. that the donkey, when going
at the top of his speed, would jump the |
drain. But when the donkey got to the
drain he stopped sharply, and the man
went over his head, No sooner had he |
touched the ground than he got up,
and, looking his breast straight in tho
face, saidi "Veera wcel pitched; but,
then, hoo are ye goin' to get over YER
sell an u Lcdqer.
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-07-19
A FREAK OF NATURE.

discovery OF n Wonderful Plant with Exc
treinelY Questionable Properties.
While Sir Montstuart DUFF was Gov
prnor of Madras, In India he discov-
cred q plant that has certainly some
wonderful properties, 1t has the power
of absolutely abolishlng, for the time
being, the ability TO taste sugar and to
enjoy cigar. This may all be ac-
complished by chewing for few min
utes the leaves of this wonderful plant.
It. is not disclosed by the writer who
makes this known in the columns OF
Nature, and who is burdened with tho
name of w. T. Thiselton Dyer, wheth-
er there is any injurious effect result
ing from the chewing Of these leaves,
but as none are referred to it may be
taken for granted that it is
harmless. Further experiments es-
tablish the fact that after chew
ing the leaves of this plant the
power of the tongue to appreciate the
taste of sugar was destroyed for ltwen-
ty-four hours, that gingerbread tasted
of the ginger alone, that the orange
became more like the lemon and lime
than the delicious fruit It is, and that
quinine tasted like chalk. There are
other possible flavors which this plant
may eounteract and further experl-
ments with II will be watched with
interest. What we demand of nature
is not that we be robbed of the power
to enjoy the bliss that lies in the dain-
ty caramel and succulent molasses
candy, but rather that she furnish the
American boarding-house keeper with
some Juice that will destroy the excru-
ciating flavor of frowy butter, the dis.
trcssing acrid of sour bread, the redolent
flavor of boiled cabbage, and the pun
gent odor of the onion. It is no boon
to the school boy or giggling girl that
they can rob their tongues of the pow
or to taste the delights of lce-cream,
but saucrkraut is the thing that needs
to be dospoilod Of It's putrid flavor It
is not the fzzing soda-water that
needs natures attention, but rather
the leek and the olive that demand.
recognition. This whole subjectshould
be referred back TO Sir Duff with in
structions to hunt again for a plant or
n weed that will accomplish what is
desired aud which vast number Of
people need far moro than they do ono
that robs gingerbread and taHy Of
those attractions that make life worth
living. - Chicago NelOa
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-07-19
rUBLIsHEHs AND PRoPRIEroR
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
Cheap Club Bates.

Subscribers to tho SOUTH KHNrUcKIAN w'l:
oe given the benefit OF the following cheap cab
rates with other papers and periodicals;
e. X and Daily tfnuriar. In SIQ 40
Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-07-19
pLATE.oLAss MAKING.
Methods OF Manufacture Employed In tho
American Factories.

Methods OF Manufacture Employ cd IN tho
American Factories.
There are in the United States five
plate glass manufactures and another
is soon to be established at Findlay,
o. The building or mandatory
for plato glass IS usually of very
large size. In the center is the square
melting furnace, with openings on two
parallel sides for working purposes,
while along two sides of the great
building are arranged annealing
ovens, which are sometimes thirty by
twenty feet in order to receive the im-
mense plates that are to be annealed.
Two kinds of pots are used, the ordi-
nary one opens on the top, for melting
the glass, and cisterns or cuvettes. in
which the molten glass is carried to the
casting tables In France the cuvette
is usually Of quadrangular form.
with groove in each of its sides, or rs
in the case of the larger cisterns, in
two parallel sides, in which the tongs
or iron-frames are fitted when tho
cuvcttc is moved. Between each two
oor,s n, .ho f,,,,ooo 49, ,,i,aI
cor5ina 20 tha;r si.o ~ 49, "
more c7,vet,os In son,o astal,i;shnonts
the cuvette is not now used, the metal
being poured from the pot in which it
toen bonrs ia rsraIIv aIiowod Co., ,io
mel,;ng and ,ha s,ro t,n,a Co.. tlo
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Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1887-07-19
ESTABLISHED 1850.
The Evansville
Commercial = College
Institute d Business Training.

This old and tried institution has had very
large attendance this winter. both OF ladies and
gentlemen, and no wonder, for II is one OF the
most thorough and reliable Business Colleges
In the West. Prof. s. N. Curnlck, the princi.
pal, Ia thoroughly conyersant with business
practices and ofiioe work, as he was for 70 years
connected with the Wholesale business OF Ey-
ansyille. Every department OF the college 10
carefully conducted ON practical business prin-
ciples. Book * coping, PonmAnship, Business
Mathematics, s,CorreBpondences, Business forms
Banking, Trading, Short hand. Type Writing,
all thoroughly taught, so that the c0nclencions
student receives reliable business education
worth ten times Its cost Those wishing COM
mercial course, lady or gentleman, should at
OF Young mon in this and adjoining counLies.
Apply by letter or In person to 8. N. CUR
NICK, Cor. Srd and Main Streets, Evansville,
Indiana. Mch.2O
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
WINTER IN MINNESOTA.

A New EDglander's Impressions Of the
| Weather Prevailing in That State.
A word about the weather in Mime
sofa. The winters, as every one knows,
are extremely cold, and many curious
phenomena are seen in consequence,
such as brilliant northern lights. or
auroral displays, sometimes very start
ling, as when red clouds like mist
suddenly appear in the atmosphere,
rising and falling. dropping at times
as low as the house-tops. and disap-
pearing as suddenly, and at distance
giving an appearance of great con-
fiagratlon; also, at sunset, the appear
ance of "sun-do2s" above and below
the sun, and equidistant east and west
from the sun sections of rainbows.
This latter appearance is always fol-
lowed by extreme cold weather. When
the temperature reaches twenty-five
degrees to forty-five degrees below
zero. the air is saturated with a frost
which appears like mist, settling on
every thing, and whitening trees. peo-
pies hair, whiskers and eyebrows.
and covering the horses with white
coat, giving very Santa Claus APP
pearance to man with fur coat and
cap on, while the trees, when the sun
again appears, are objects of great
beauty. AT certain temperatures dur
ing snOw-stOrm, the snow crystals
are of dazzling beauty, and the air
seems filled with diamonds. You
walk upon diamonds, until You fancy
you see the sights revealed by Alad-
din's wonderful lamp. In winter, fur
coats and sealskin caps are the rule,
SO that, with the heavy fur robes OF
the sleighs. with the ladies also ar
rayed in sealskin. one could well fancy
himself in Russia or some far northern
cline, especially when he sees great
black bears, moose, antelope, deer.
ETC., in front of the butcher-shops.
standing there frozen stiff, as sent in
from the hunting grounds of this and
other States. The one extreme of
winter is followed very rapidly. with
but little spring intervening, by a
very hot summer, with its thunder
showers. vegetation springing up very
rapidly with the disappearance of the
winters snow, and the trees putting
on their foliage in surprisingly short
time, and it seems, indeed. but short
space of time after the furs are laid
aside before the ladies appear on tho
street in their white dresses, it being
the custom for ladies of almost all
ages to dress in this manner during
the hottest weather. = Cor. Boston
Transcript.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
HOME. FARMS AND GARDEN.
Try a sun bath for rheumatism

Try a sun bath for rheumatism
For garden purposes there is notk-
ing better than well-rotted stable ma
nure.
Cows that have no beddisg are
often injured in the knees by getting
up or down. especially if the floors be.
wet and slippery.
"A New York farmer saws he failed
to get crop of turnips until he used
unieached ashes to fertilize the ground.
Ashes will raise crop on any kind of
land.-Cincinnati Times.
Marlborough Pic.-Line plate with.
paste, put on one rim. Fill with the,
following mixture: Steam six apples
until tender. rub through n sieve, add
one tablespoonful byt.er. cool. Add
yelks OF three eggs. the juice and rind
of one lemon. one cup sugar. one cup
cream. Fill and bake. Cover with
meringue. Brown.-Yankee Blade.
DIR. A. NJ. Du Bots, of the Frais
Growers' Journal. favors wider spaces.
in orchards. with the view of obtaining
better crops from healthier trees. This,
result is indicated by the superior
thrift and productiveness of those oc-
cupying the outer rows, whose roots.
have larger surface of soil and tops.
more air and sunlight. Troy Times.
-Whtewash.-The best whitewash
we have ever had knowledge of is COM
posed Of lime Stacked to the proper
consistency for application. into which
(for inside work) while hot, mix a
starch made from half pound of flour.
or two ounces of common white glue,
thoroughly dissolved. For outside
work add to the above preparation a.
handful of rock salt and as much soft
boiled rice. This will "stlck" with un-.
exampled certainty.-Mother's Maya.
zine.
In vegetable growing. deep, rich
soil, now so generally condemned for
fruit gardens, is of the first impor-
lance. Soil can not be too rich or too,
deep, if he would have good vegeta-
bles. We go to work differently to get
good fruits than to perfect vegetables
While, for instance, we have to get.
sunlight to give the best richness to
our fruits. our vegetables are usually
best when blanched or kept from the.
light So. also. as we keep the roots
as near the surface as we can, in order
to favor the woody tissue in trees. We
like to let them go deep in vegetables.
because this favors succulence.-Gdr-
desser's Monthly.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12

the side opposite that where the lcsiou
exists.
1t was for him, and no other, tina,
assistance was besought, that IN
fretzers were paid! He who, in the
hardness of his heart, refused to at.
tend the poor herring-curer! 1t is him.
self. then. who is now dying!
DIR. Trifulgas raved like maniac.
The dangerous symptoms increased
every minute Not only were all the
functions of relation dead within him,
but the beatings of his heart were
nearly gone, like the breath of his
lungs.
Yet he had not lost all consciousness
of his deperate strait.
What could he do? Diminish the
mass of the blood by bleeding? There
must be no hesitation or DIR. Trifulyas
would be dead man. Phlebotomy
was still practiced in those days, and
then, as now. the doctors rescued from
apoplexy all those who we're not to die
of its effects.
DR.. Trifulgas seized his case of in.
struments, took his lancet, and pune
tured the vein of his own arm. No
blood, however. spurted from the in
! cision. He frictioned with all his
might the chest of the dying one. but
found that the pulsations of his own
heart diminished; he burned the other s
feet with hot bricks, but felt his own
feet growing cold.
Suddenly his own duplicate self
started up in bed. struggled wildly i'll
the last throes of suspended breathing,
a rattle came into his throat, and DR..
Trifulgas, with all his science, fell back
dead in his own arms.
Whit! blew the wind, and swish
went the rain outside, as the storm
gradually abated.
On the following morning a corpse
was found in the house known as the
''Six-Quatre," the corpse of DIR. Triful-
gas.
AAC " 10 PIttSCu III Olh 0Au
conveyed in great pomp to the ceme-
terry of Luktrop, after the manner OF
the many he had already sent there.
As for old Hurzof. 1 am told the
faithful beast may still be seen with his
lantern relighted, securing the heath
at night and bowling for his lost mas
ter.
If this be true or not really can not
say. yet so many strange things do in
fact occur in this Volsnian country,
especially round about Luktrop, that
see no reason to doubt the statement.
At any rate, let me ask of you once
more not to look up this town of LUX
trop on the map. Our best geographers
are still uncertain as to its exact posi-
ton in latitude, and even longitude
Jules Verne,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
WE TWO.

But then, you see, love him. Just that-love
wonder If you know one little bit
What the word means: you favored ones who
Down beaten paths with all things smooth
and tit;
With no false note to jar amid your airs;
With no black cloud to blot your sunshine out
No yearning want to madden in your prayers;
No "Whyr' to deepen every bitter DOUBT.
Easy when MONDAY floods the clustered now
When wealth and worlds approval grid you
round,
To learn the fairy tasks OF smiling hours,
And do the duty fashioned fair when found
Passing decorous through the guarded life,
Giving from heaped-up Golfers smiling sweet
Wondering that others fret so in the strife;
Terming each woe untasted Judgment meet
sFriendship" Affection" "fondess." pretty
phrases!
Ayell symboling the fragile things they mean;
Like rosy creepers that, mid grass and daisies,
Irvine over meadow paths q graceful screen;
Till some strong foot comes crashing from the
hill,
THREADS down the tendrils, filings the flowers
apart,
And the full moonlight, pitiless and chill.
Glares on the bare, cold path-the barren
heart.
But Love his strong vitality asserts,
His 1uenchless power, crush it as you may;
The slow rains rot, the cruel east wind hurts,
But the rich blooms press upward to the day.
Darling, the holy bond 'twixt you and me
Is pure, and strong, and prompt to do and
dare,
As when We knelt beside our mothers knee,
And learnt from her sweet lips our baby
prayer.
Then, in the golden memories of our youth,
Sun out the dreary presents gathering
storm,
Or face it in our deep loves royal truth,
And a fresh link from troubled hours form:
Let the world frown or shrink, we two together
Can surely ride DER wilder waves than these,
Knowing the cyclone brings the cloudless
weather,
And to some haven roll the toughest seas
All the Year Round.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12
DOCTOR TRIFULGAS.
The Fate Of One Whose Door
Closed Against the Poor.

''Whiff!'' whistled the rising gale.
''Swash!' beats the rain as it comes
down in torrents.
Low sway the trees under the blast
that sweeps the Volsinian shore and
dashes its fury against the slopes
of the mountains of Crimma. The
rock-bound coast is rent and riven by
the tempestuous pillows that surge and
foam along the vast Megalocrida sea
"Whiffr' "Swash!'
J In the depth of the bay nestles the
little seaport town of Luktrop. 1t
boasts a few hundred houses with
greenish miradores sheltering them
from the winds of the main, and four
or five steep streets that look more
like the beds of a mountain torrent
than public thoroughfares. Not far off
smokes the Vanglor, an arctic volcano,
which by day bclches forth thick
volumes of sulphurous vapor and by
night fitful floods of fame. This
crater. visible fully $50 kertses out at
sea, answers the purpose of 4 beacon,
and guides home to Luktrop the coast
srs-yawls, SHOWS, hoys and doggers
that pillow the troubled waters of the
Megalocrida.
On the other side of the town are
hcaped up extensive ruins of the Grim
merriam era, while the suburb, of Moor
ish aspect, with its white walls, round
roofs and terraces calcined by the sun,
seems huge pile of square stones
thrown together at haphazard, and
:far off reminds you of casbah or AL
gerian fortress. The whole mass, in
fact, looks like cluster of dice, the
dots of which have worn away with
age. Among ether structures peculiar
TO the place may be seen an odd-losk-
ing building called the ''Six-Quatre, !"
from the number of its windows, six in
front and four in the rear. A steeple
rises above the town, the square steeple
of Sainte Philfilene, with its bells visi-
bic through the open stone work, and
when these are swung-as they are at
times-by the violence of the storm, it
is accounted bad sign, and the good
people of the place are filled with fear
at the omen.
Such is Luktrop, with few stray
houses on the heath beyond, scattered
amid the broom and furze, as in Brit
tany.
Luktrop, however, is not in Brit
fany. Is it in France? 1 can not say.
In Europe? don't know. At an rate,
it would be useless perhaps. to look up
the place on the map, even in Stciler's
atlas.
A discreet rap is heard at the small,
narrow door of the ''Six-Quatre," on
the lefthand corner Of the Rue Messag-
liere.
A comfortable house in the six
Quatre," if such a word is known at
Luktrop. and one of the thriftiest in the
place. if to earn on an average few
thousand fretzers year be a sign of
thrift.
A ferocious yelp. something between
q bark and howl, has answered the
rap.
Soon a window above the door of the
''Six-Quatre'' is thrown open and an
angry voice from inside the house
bawls out:
Away with all intrudersr'
A young girl. shivering in the rain,
with seedy. WORKOUT cape thrown
over her shoulders, inquiries if DR.. Tri-
fulgas is at home.
HE is or isn't, that depends"
81 come for father, who's dying"
land where is he dying?"
''By the Val Karniou, four kertses
hence"
''And what's his name?"
''Vort Kartif''
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12

Railroad Masher-"Now that that
man has gone into the smoking-car
I'll get up little Irritation with that
pretty woman he left behind" Omaha
Friend-"Be careful He may return
suddenly" 20. he won't be back for
three or four hours" ''Sure?' Ser
tain. He's her husband. "-Omaha
World.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12

Manure is a relief against drought
1t pushes on the growth of the plant
roots as well as foliage, and the more
and deeper the roots are the more able
the plant is to gather moisture from
the soil in dry time. Make the
ground rich in plant food and the
crops will resist adversely as a strong
man will resist disease.
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12

Cheap Fruit Cake.-One cup Of
sweet cream. two cups Of raisins
(stonedD. two cups of sugar. half cup
of molasses, one cup of butter. two
teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, ono
teaSpoonful of saleratus, three eggs.
spice to suit the taste.-Farm, Field
and Stockm0n,
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12

"A simple remedy for neuralgia is to
apply grated horse-radish prepared tho
same as for table use to the temple
when tho face or head is affected, or
to the wrist when the pain Is in the
arm or sh0ulder.-Ronae and Farm
Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1887-05-12

TO properly keep straw and hay IN
stacks, the stacks must be 20 construct
Sd q to shed water.